2023 Programme
Event #19
Alberto Rollo
The Humble Beauty of Ditches and Majesties
From Giucano onto well-trodden paths that cut through streams and ditches (Fosso del Campaccio, Fosso della Michelina, Fosso della Rocchetta and the Calcandola stream) up to the soft crest of the “Prade” area, a balcony overlooking the sea and the high Lunigiana cordillera. In collaboration with the CAI of Sarzana, a tour of about three hours to talk about the liberating fatigue of walking and imagination, the rustle of literature and the wonder of popular art that has left here small Madonnas (the so-called Majesties) engraved in marble or painted inside the shells of chapels. Information and tour regulations on the festival website
https://www.festivaldellamente.it/it/live-streaming-alessandro-barbero/
Alberto Rollo, born in Milan, is a writer, critic, translator and significant figure in Italian publishing. A cultural worker and music lover, he translated, among others, Jonathan Coe, Steven Millhauser, Truman Capote and Henry James. He has published Un'educazione milanese (Manni, 2016, short-listed for the 2017 Premio Strega), L'ultimo turno di guardia (Manni, 2020, winner of L’Aquila International Literary Award and short-listed for Napoli Award), Il miglior tempo (Einaudi, 2021) and Il grande cielo (Ponte alle Grazie, 2023).
Event #15
Martina Mazzotta
Wunderkammer: art, science, wonder. From the Renaissance until the present day
Event #20Approfonditamente
Marianna Aprile, Maurizio Careddu, Enrico Casale, Cristiana Farina, Gianluca Guida
Wonder inside: stories of art and beauty from Italian prisons
